COLUMBIA, S.C. - The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) is extending the comment period on the environmental assessment (EA) on Managing Recreation Uses in the Upper Segment of the Chattooga Wild and Scenic River Corridor by 15 days. Comments are now due by Aug. 30.
"Since we started this process, our priorities have been transparency and public input," said Paul Bradley, forest supervisor for the Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests. "Although we were not required to provide a comment period, we wanted to give people an opportunity to review the document. Now people have told us they need more time to look at our analysis and our preferred alternative, and we're responding by giving the public 15 more days."
USFS officials say extending the comment period will not impact the agency's ability to issue a final decision by the end of the year.
Comments on the EA and the preferred alternative, Alternative 12, may be e-mailed to [email protected] or surface mailed to:
U.S. Forest Service
Chattooga River Project
4931 Broad River Road
Columbia, S.C. 29212
A copy of the EA is available on the Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests' Web site at http://www.fs.usda.gov/scnfs where additional background information can be found.
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